Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1961 — Page 1

Vol. LIX No. 175.

State Highway Program Lags

(UPD—Governor Welsh conceded today that his highway program is lagging and announced that the entire right-of-way division will be revamped in an effort to get land-buying back on schedule. Welsh told a news conference that he has just received a report from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads on a study it made of the Indiana State Highway Department. “The most glaring weakness in our highway department, a weakness of which the department was already aware, is the land acquisition division,” Welsh said. The report by David R. Levin, an expert sent from Washington to make the study at Welsh’s request and that of highway chairman David Cohen, urged elimination of the present system of suing outside appraisers who work for lees. Full-Time Appraisers Instead, Levin recommended the hiring of full-time appraisers by the department at salaries ranging from SIO,OOO to $12,000 a year. He recommended that the appraisers be placed on a merit system. The governor said he expects to carry out this part of Levin’s recommendations and indicated that it might mean replacement of persons now working in the department. Welsh said he expects to be able to operate the new land acquisition department on the $275,000 which reports indicated were paid in one year for outside appraisal cost. Other points made by Welsh in the conference included: —5500,000 was collected during the first 26 days the new gross income tax on real estate transfers was in effect, leading Welsh to believe his estimate of the size of this loophole may have been too small. He had said it would bring in $2 million more a year. —Negotiations with the federal government for exchange of tax information have reached the place where Welsh believes an IBM check of state tax returns against federal income tax returns will be made for nearly all Hoosier taxpayers. —Tentative contracts have been received from coal, oil, grain and steel concerns which Welsh believes will hasten construction of Indiana’s long - discussed Lake Michigan port without waiting for federal action. To Set It Up Soon Welsh said he hopes to be able to issue an executive order yet this year setting up a new right-of-way division in the highway deINDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, no important temperature changes. Some chance of isolated thundershowers. Low tonight in the 60s. High Friday in the 80s. Sunset today 8:03 p.m. Sunrise Friday 5:40 a.m. Outlook for Saturday: Partly cloudy, no important temperature changes-cen-tral and north. Chance of thundershowers south. Lows 65 to 70. Highs 84 to 90. Decatur Temperature* Local weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 11 a.m. today. 12 tioon 86 12 midnight .. 77 1 p.m. 86 1a m 72 2 p.m 87 2 a.m 71 3 p.m 86 3 a.m 69 '4 p.m 84 4 a.m 66 5 p.m 87 5 a.m 67 6 p.m 81 6 a.m ... 66 7 p.m 82 7a m 66 8 p.m 86 8 a.m. 77 9 p.m 82 9a m. 82 10 p.m. 80 10 a.m 85 11 p.m 72 11 a.m 91 Hnln — Total for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today. 0 Inches. The St. Mary’s river was at 1.<3 J feet.

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partment on a merit system. Levin’s report to Welsh on the division said that “it may very well be that the merit system is the only real answer to getting the kind of performance which will assure the Indiana highway right-of-way program from breaking down completely.” ss* Levin also recommended that a right-of-way training program which he said is now ‘'non-exist-ent is a must,” and that a right-of-way manual should also be prepared as soon as possible. The governor said his delay in naming a permanent director of the right-of-way division was due to the fact he wanted to get Levin’s report—a report he said had been “in the mill for 90 days.” Welsh said “there are some projects being held up by delays in right-of-way.” He said he did not know specifically which projects were involved. Under the present arrangement, outside appraisers are paid a fee of $l5O a day, Welsh said. The Bureau of Roads report charged this policy “of compensating fee appraisers on a per diem basis fosters incompetence.” (Continued on page eight) Delegates Named By Young Democrats Delegates to the 12th biennial convention of the Indiana Young Democrats to be held at the Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis, have been announced by the county organization. Highlights in the July 28-29 program include addresses by Gov. Matthew E. Welsh, Rep. Birch Bayh and Cong. John Brademas. Bayh, of Terre Haute and house minority speaker in the Indiana legislature, will keynote the convention, whose theme is “The Peace Corps and the search for world peace.” Other highlights in Friday’s program include the selection of “Miss Young Democrat” and a state oratorical contest on both college and high school levels. Friday evening banquet speaker is William D. Moyers, assistant to the director of the Peace Corps. Moyers is the youngest high ranking official in Kennedy’s administration, and is among the best informed officials in the aimS, objectives and formation of the Peace Corps. Governor Welsh will be honored at a Saturday breakfast whose speaker will b e Congressman Brademas, South Bend, and third district representative. The final session of the convention will see the election of new state Young Democratic officers and a national committeeman and committeewoman. Adams county’s delegates are Jay DeVoss, Larry Macklin. Dianne Linn, Mary Fran Beckmeyer, Les Painter, Larry Foreman, John Lindsey, Warren Kneuss, David Neuenschwander, Sidney Stucky, Pete Schug and Roger Harris. Local Lady's Father Is Taken By Death S. E. Leonardson has received word of the death of his wife’s father, Andrew J. Brewer, 82, at his home in Pierpont, O. (Ashtabula county), after an'extended illness. Mrs. Leonardson has been at the home of her parents since June 5. • Surviving are the wife, five daughters and three sons. Funeral services will be held Saturday at Conneaut, 0.

Committee Os House Okays Foreign Aid WASHINGTON (UPD — The House Foreign Affairs Committee gave President Kennedy a major legislative victory today by approving his controversial longrange foreign aid financing plan. The five-year, SB.B billion plan would finance development loans to foreign countries by government borrowing. Opponents of the Treasury borrowing idea claim it will result in “backdoor spending” and less congressional scrutiny control of foreign aid appropriations. But the committee beat down all amendments to change the President’s proposal. The committee cut $407 million from Kennedy’s $4.8 million foreign aid request, thus giving him most of the money he wants. The cut was less than that made by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee which reduced it $436 million. Both the House and Senate must still approve the authorization bill. The committee defeated a Republican move led by Rep. Walter H. Judd of Minnesota to cut the long-range financing authority by half and provide for annual appropriations by Congress. This vote was 19-10. As the House bill now stands, it calls for an authorization of $4,355,500.000 for the fiscal year which began July 1. Kennedy had sought $4.8 billion. The major House committee cuts were in the President’s contingency or emergency fund, S2OO million: supporting assistance, S2OO million; and military aid, SBS million. Waller Guy Stetler Dies This Morning Walter Guy Stetler, 67, of Willshire. O„ died at 1:05 o’clock this morning at the Veterans hospital in Fort Wayne, following an illness of five weeks of complications. He was bom in Metcer county, 0., April 16, 1894, a son of Frank and Sarah Rumple-Stetler, and was married to Daisy August June 4, 1917. Mr. Stetler, a retired Willshire township employe, was a veteran of World War I and a member of American Legion post 207, Willshire. Surviving in addition to his wife are five daughters, Mrs. Maxine Huffman, Mrs. Edgar (Oakleh) Fuelling and Mrs. Kenneth (Mary Lou) Suman, all of Willshire, Mrs. Luther (Anita) Sovine of Pleasant Mills, and Mrs. James (Ann) Young of Decatur; two sons, Charles F. Stetler of Decatur, and Jack Stetler of Willshire; 23 grandchildren; one great-grand-child. and five sister, Mrs. Vada Marbaugh, Mrs. Mary Case and Mrs. Leona Schumm, all of Willshire, Mrs. Virgie Harman of Decatur, and Mrs. Gertrude Coil of Spencerville, O. One son, one daughter, three brothers and one sister are deceased. ..._ Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at the Black funeral home, the Rev. Wilbur Sites and the Rev. Jeff Webb officiating. Burial will be in the Willshire cemetery: The Willshire American Legion will conduct military rites at both services. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p. m. Friday until time of the services. Advertising Index Advertiser—, . .; ~ Page Arnold Lumber Co., Inc. 2 Beavers Oil Service, Inc. 7 Burk Elevator Co. 5 Bower Jewelry Store 2, 3 Drive In Theater 8 Decatur Sports Center —7 John L. De Voss, Attorney ... 5 Ehinger’s 3 Evans Sales & Service 5 Equity Dairies, Inc. 6 Fairway 7 Allen Fleming 5 J£JTcGassr Store 3 Gambles Holthouse Drug Co. 4 H. & M. Builders. Inc. 2 Hammond Fruit Markets, Inc. -.2 Kelly Dry Cleaners —, — 5 Model Hatchery - 5 G. C. Murphy Co. 2 Myers Home & Auto Supply —.4 Niblick & Co.—„r„...- 3 L. Smith Insurance Agency —. 5 'Stucky & Co. „ 4 TSmith Drug Co. 2 Schmitt Meats ... 8 Sheets Furniture - 6 Stewarts Bakery 6 Teeple Truck Line— 5 Treon’s Poultry Markets Win Rae Drive In — 3 Walt’s Standard Service ß Walter Wiegmann, Auctioneer — 5 Zurcher Mobil Service — 8

ONLT DAILY JOCWBPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY -

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, Juty 27,1961.

Congress Speeds Action L ’ H On President’s Plan To Build Nation’s Strength —

State Assessments! Higher This Year

State assessments of Adams county utilities and railroads near-, ly reached the $6 million mark this' year, auditor Edward F. Jaberg said today. Final figures, subject to minor adjustments, indicate that three railroads, 11 telephone companies. Western Union, Pullman, three gas companies, three pipeline companies, one private electric utility, two REMC’s, an electric Co-op, and the A.B.C. Bus Lines, will pay taxes based on a state assessment of $5,968,050 compared with $5,137,400 this year. I&M Biggest Owner Biggest single utility taxpayer will be Indiana-Michigan Electric] Co., whose state assessment will i be $1,554,160. In addition, utilities have personal and real property taxes to pay. Last year, before the I&M purchase of Decautr’s electric utility was on the books, its utility valuation in the county was $665,780. ! Erie railroad, which had the highest assessed utility value this year, dropped to third, behind the Nickel Plate, paying on a valuation of $701,000 this year, compared with $767,090 last year* Nickel Plate valuation was steady at $711,660. Citizens Fourth Citizens Telephone Company continued in fourth place in valuation, with a value of $624,230, compared with $603,010 this year. Actually, the total assessed valuations do not necessarily indi-

Horse Judging, Show At 4-H Fair Tuesday Final program events have been completed by the horse committee for both the colt classes and the horse show scheduled for the opening day of the 4-H fair at Monroe. Judging of the colt classes will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The three classes for colts are foals, yearlings and two-year olds. Colts will be shown at halter and judged on conformation, condition and handling. All horse club members will participate in the 4-H parade that evening, after which the show will be held. Judge for the show is Helen Deeter, of Gas City, who has judged 4-H horse shows in the area. Program announcer is Kenny Secaur, and the musical background will be supplied by the German band of Geneva high school. After a horse drill, the 4-H horse show will begin with ten classes on the program. The classes include model, junior horsemanship (members up to 15 years of age), egg race, senior horsemanship (members 15 years and over), obstacle course, western pleasure for ponies, flag race, western pleasure for horses, speed and action, and keg bending. Members will receive points for each placing in each class. Member with the highest number of points upon completion of the show will be grand champion and member with the second highest number of points will be reserve grand champion. A grand champion and reserve grand champion will also be awarded in the colt classes. All horses and colts should be in place on the fairgrounds at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Members to be eligible for the 4-H horse show must have completed tasks as outlined in the project book. Horses will not be ridden on the fairgrounds except in the parade and during the horse show. Members must be responsible to take horses home immediately after the horse show. The committee in charge of the show includes Mrs. John Carroll, chairman, Clark Smith, Bob Colter, Ed Gerbers and Adrian Burke.

cate that those companies will pay the most tax, because some may ' hold most of their property in townships with low rates, while others are in Decatur or Berne, with rates averaging $2 a SIOO higher. 12%% of Valuation Utilities, with a total valuation of $5,968,050 in Adams county, represent 12.49% of the total valuation of $47,754,990. This is oneeighth of the evaluation. The percentage of utility property, not including all personal and real property, with the total assessment in each taxing unit, as given below, indicates the percentage of the tax burden in each I unit paid by utilities. % of TAX UNIT Valuation Blue Creek 3.89 French 4.45 Hartford 8.83 Jefferson 2.13 Kirkland .... 19.51 Monroe — 12.09 Preble 21.62 Root . r .. 18.71 St. Marys 29.81 Union 5.11 s Wabashi .... 14.06 .... r Washington 21.15 Berne 3.78 Decatur-Root 3.83 Decatur-Washington .....'. 13.1 Geneva x...'. 5.70 Monroe-Monroe 5.57 Monroe-Washington 9.74 Average 12.49

AugustDraff Call Boosted To 13,000 Men WASHINGTON (UPD—Steppedup draft calls to bolster America’s muscle in the Berlin situation probably will not disrupt the college plans of many young men, a Selective Service official said today. - ——r- — —: - - “We feel that going to college is very important to the nation’s future,” the official said. “Those who want to go to college probably will be permitted to do so. Selective Service does not now plan to put any great pressure on college-bound youngsters.” There are about 70,000 menclassified as 1-A who have been examined and are in the draft-ready pool ready for induction. These can be used to meet immediate Defense Department draft needs. There are about 1.5 million who have been classified but have not yet been examined. Selective Service normally gets a rejection rate of 50 per cent, which means that about 750,000 men would be available for induction as soon as they are examined. The Selective Service official , said that as draft calls are issued, the rate of volunteers for the armed services goes up. He said it was possible that some youths would quit school to volunteer, but he did not believe many (Continued on page eight) Late Bulletins CHICAGO (UPD—The Packinghouse Workers Union an- , nounced plans today to MdT”-13-week paid “sabbatical” leaves of absence every five years in a new contract with Swift A Co. ' WASHINGTON (UPD —The Senate Labor Committee today approved a package of five bills aimed at improving the health, education and working conditions of the migratory farm labor families.

WASHINGTON (UPD— Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said today that President Kennedy would “use sparingly” the new powers he has asked to call up reservists and lengthen military service periods. McNamara told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he and the President “ are well aware of the disruptive effects and the hardships that such recalls to active duty have on the individuals involved.” McNamara testified on two bills which are part of the President's military build-up plans to deal with the Berlin crisis. One would empower Kennedy to call to duty as many as 20,000 ready reservists and keep in service military personnel who ordinarily would end their tour of duties. The other bill would authorize the Army, Navy and Air force to spend an < additional $958,570,000 for planes, ships and missiles. Approval Expected Today Committee Chairman Richard B. Russell, D-Ga., expressed hope that the committee would approve both measures later today. McNamara told the Senate group: "We plan to use the authority to extend the terms of service of military personnel to the minimum extent necessary. We hope to restrict its use to only those personnel whose skills and experience are essential during the build-up phase—and for as short a period as possible. “We also expect to make limited use of the authority to extend the training periods of certain selected reserve unital” . d McNamara and Gen. Lyman L. L e m n i tze r, chairman of t h e Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified behind closed doors. McNamara outlined the President’s plans to a Senate appropriations subcommittee Wednesday. 1 Tear Active Duty The manpower measure would give the President authority for one year to call for not more than 12 months of active duty as many as 250,000 members of the ready reserve. It also would let the President extend for 12 months terms of military personnel whose service periods would otherwise expire. Congress was expected to rush action on the President’s requests and perhaps give him more than he asked to combat Soviet threats. Chairman Carl Vinson, D-Ga., planned to have the House Armed Services Committee consider the two measures Friday, with House action tentatively scheduled for Monday. While Congress was working on the legislative proposals, the administration launched executive actions. The Defense Department announced it was boosting the Army draft call from 8,000 to 13,000 in August, and will bring draft calls and officer procurement to 20,000 men in September. Quick congressional action also was promised on the bill carrying money to finance the new program. Chairman A. Willis Robertson, D-Va., said he expected the Senate military appropriations subcommittee to act Friday on the House-approved $43 billion defense money bill, adding about $3.5 billion for the newly requested programs. Within Week Robertson said the full Senate Appropriations Committee could act on the bill Tuesday with Senate passage possible later in the week. Final version of the bill would then be drafted in a SenateHouse conference committee. That final bill appeared almost , certain to give the President more ; than he requested. Both the Sen- j ate and House have authorized ] money for long-range bombers which the administration did not request and does not want. Strong sentiment also exists in both ; houses for rapid development of j the 870 supersonic bomber. j

East Germans Seek To Slow Refugees

BERLIN (UPD—The East Ger-i man army was reported today to have thrown up machine-gun roadblocks along highways in an effort to slow the flow of refugees to the West. Travelers to Berlin said that in addition to roadblocks, East German army patrols equipped with walkie-talkies were roving the highways leading to Berlin—both east and west of the city making thorough traffic checks. In the past, inhabitants of the East German Communist zone traveled to East Berlin along these highways and then crossed into West Berlin and freedom. The checks were believed designed to stem the flow of this traffic. It was the first time the Communists were reported to be using units of their 110,000-man "People’s Army” in support of regular police to curb the flow of refugees. - ■“ Travelers said that on the 180mile highway from Berlin to Dresden three road blocks were set up to check traffic. Lines of East Germans as long as a half-mile] . were reported backed up awaiting J clearance. The army troops were reinforced by Communist Peoples PoI lice. One traveler said 12-man squads of Communist police were traveling on open trucks. Despite Communist moves to

GOP Demands Spending Cuts

’ WASHINGTON (UPD ’—• GOP congressional leaders pledged support of President .Kennedy’s Berlin program today but demanded that the administration make belttightening cutbacks on domestic spending. They said Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev could make "no greater error” than to believe the United States would “poipt a weapon but not be willing to fire it.” But House GOP Leader Charles A. Halleck, Indiana, told a news conference that in the 54 days since Khrushchev put Kennedy “on notice” regarding Berlin, “the administration has not lifted one finger to halt the vastly increased spending program of the New Frontier.” “Day of Reckoning” “We have arrived at the day of reckoning,” Halleck added in a statement approved by the House and Senate Republican leadership. “I say it is time for the New Frontier to find out what it can do for government — sound government.” He urged that Kennedy send Congress a message “proposing cutbacks on domestic spending.” He said the President “owes the American people some substantive reciprocity and while the ordinary citizen is tightening his belt, let the government do the same.” Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, Mont., defended the administration's housing, education and other welfare spending propo- < sals as necessary parts of a “strong economy.” Mansfield told reporters he “agrees’ with the need for belttightening but thought Congress should raise postal rates, close tax loopholes and improve Pentagon - procurement policies as requested by Kennedy. Dirksen Pledges Support Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen echoed Hal- I leek’s statement and in a pre- j pared statement of his own i pledged GOP support of the Presi- - r -'tf

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I curb the refugee flow some 1,009 more East Germans today requested asylum in West Berlin. This raised to about 26,500 the total of East Germans who fled to the West this month. West German intelligence exerts meanwhile were reported to believe that the Soviet Union is worried about how much loyalty they would get from the East German army in a fight over Berlin. At a glance. East Germany’s armed forces appear wellequipped with modern Soviet weapons to meet combat conditions of the atomic battlefield. They are composed of a sevendivision army, a small air force and a small navy. “ - On June 17. 1953, when East German workers revolted against the Communist regime, the “Barracks People’s Police” — forerunner of the “People’s Army”—refused to crack down on them. Russian troops, part of the 400,000 men the Kremlin has stationed in East Germany, crushed the rebellion. :,l Similarly in Hungary in 1956, soldiers of the “People’s Arm/’ - not only refused to fight their own - countrymen but turned their guns i on the Russians. ■ Western experts believeothis has the Communists more anxious i 1 than they will admitt.

dent’s firm Berlin stand. “Let it be clearly understood that President Kennedy has the complete support of the Republican leadership in Congress in the Berlin crisis,” he said. “If differences should appear, they would be on how to uphold our Berlin commitments, not whether to uphold them. We are all aware that the issue is not a city named Berlin, but free world unity.” The GOP Congressional Campaign Committee set the theme for the party’sline of attack Wednesday by declaring Kennedy must decide whether to equip Uncle Sam for the Berlin crisis with “a Santa Claus suit or military khaki.” Housing, farm subsidies and federal aid to education and depressed areas were the chief areas pinpointed by the Republicans for economy actions. The GOP committee suggested steps which it contended would save billions of dollars. “If Uncle Sam Is going back into uniform as Mr. Kennedy indicated,” it said, “he will have to decide whether it will be, a Santa Claus suit or military khaki. The President can’t have it both ways.” - The 10 Republicans on the taxwriting House Ways and Means Committee also sent a joint letter to Kennedy expressing shock qver his “apparent unwillingness to make any downward revision in pending proposals for optional nondefense spending?* The GOP members said “We reject the notion, which seems implicit in present policies that the American people desire their government to pursue the bankrupt route of ‘all this and defense too.’ ” * — ~~~ •. —— ;—— Chairman John W. Byrnes, RWis., of the House Republican Policy Committee called on Congress and the President to cut back federal outlays on civilian programs “to bare essentials.” Otherwise, he said, the budget (Continued on page eight) . s